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D872 - Rural Action Derbyshire (formerly Derbyshire Rural Community Council) - 1925-1984

1 - Executive Committee signed minutes - 1925-1987

2 - Council signed minutes - 1935-1992

3 - Preservation of the Countryside Committee - 1929-1941

4 - Welfare Services sub-committee minutes. - 1955-1956

5 - Finance and General Purposes committee copy minutes and papers. - 1985-1989

6 - Secretary's correspondence files.

7 - Other Papers

8 - Finance: Cash books - 1946-1972

9 - Statements of accounts, 1948/9, 1956/7-1959/60. - 1948-1960

Expand 10 - Derbyshire Home Produce Council: The objects of the Derbyshire Home Produce Council were to stimulate the production of home grown food in allotment gardens and private gardens by:
a) Encouraging households and villages to grow sufficient vegetables to supply their needs throughout the year;
b) By providing instruction on all matters pertaining to the production and storage of food raised on allotment gardens and gardens;
c) Encouraging the growing of additional feeding-stuffs for poultry, and the collection and distribution of foodstuffs from gardens and allotment gardens for animal consumption;
d) Conducting propaganda and securing publicity for the work of the Council;
e) Promoting the formation of Village Home Produce Clubs, Allotment and Garden Societies for the better carrying out of the Council's objects.
D872/10: Executive committee signed minutes 1940-1957.

10 - Derbyshire Home Produce Council: The objects of the Derbyshire Home Produce Council were to stimulate the production of home grown food in allotment gardens and private gardens by: a) Encouraging households and villages to grow sufficient vegetables to supply their needs throughout the year; b) By providing instruction on all matters pertaining to the production and storage of food raised on allotment gardens and gardens; c) Encouraging the growing of additional feeding-stuffs for poultry, and the collection and distribution of foodstuffs from gardens and allotment gardens for animal consumption; d) Conducting propaganda and securing publicity for the work of the Council; e) Promoting the formation of Village Home Produce Clubs, Allotment and Garden Societies for the better carrying out of the Council's objects. D872/10: Executive committee signed minutes 1940-1957.

11 - Attendance book. - 1942-1952

12 - Annual Meetings signed minutes. - 1943-1949

13 - Correspondence files. - 1941-1960

14 - Derbyshire Home Produce Council Accounts

15 - Derbyshire Association of Parish Councils: Correspondence files.

Expand 16 - Derbyshire Playing Fields Association: The National Playing Fields Association was founded in 1925. The objectives were to advise on and assist in the provision of playing fields and playgrounds and to encourage and develop the playing of all games, sports and pastimes etc. - 1931-1938

16 - Derbyshire Playing Fields Association: The National Playing Fields Association was founded in 1925. The objectives were to advise on and assist in the provision of playing fields and playgrounds and to encourage and develop the playing of all games, sports and pastimes etc. - 1931-1938

Expand 17 - Derbyshire Association of Social Service Clubs/Centre: The Derbyshire Association of Social Service Clubs/Centres aimed to extend the facilities for the beneficial use of leisure time having special regard to the leisure caused by unemployment or under employment.

17 - Derbyshire Association of Social Service Clubs/Centre: The Derbyshire Association of Social Service Clubs/Centres aimed to extend the facilities for the beneficial use of leisure time having special regard to the leisure caused by unemployment or under employment.

18 - Derbyshire Old Peoples Welfare Committee (later Age Concern).

20 - Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Joint Apprenticeship committee [for the Farriery and Blacksmith Trade]: Signed minutes. - 1946

21 - Miscellaneous

Collapse 22 - Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund: The Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund (CRIF) was a small grants scheme set up to benefit community projects in designated rural coalfield parishes in South Derbyshire and Leicestershire. Funding came from local authorities, including Derbyshire County Council, and also from the East Midlands Development Agency, and applications were handled by the DRCC.

22 - Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund: The Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund (CRIF) was a small grants scheme set up to benefit community projects in designated rural coalfield parishes in South Derbyshire and Leicestershire. Funding came from local authorities, including Derbyshire County Council, and also from the East Midlands Development Agency, and applications were handled by the DRCC.

1 - Reports, financial records and minutes: Summary of projects funded from the Coalfields Rural Initiative Fund (Derbyshire) during 1992/1993. - 1993

2 - Summary of projects funded from the Coalfields Rural Initiative Fund (Derbyshire) during 1993/1994. - 1994

3 - Summary of projects funded from the South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiative Fund during 1994/1995. - 1995

4 - Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund (Derbyshire) Delegated fund statement of accounts, May. - 1994-1995

5 - South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund Annual report and financial statement. - 2000-2001

6 - Leicestershire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund Annual report and financial statement. - 2000-2001

7 - South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund Annual report and financial statement including information on activities sincludinge the addition of funding from the Foot and Mouth Disease Recovery Fund of the East Midlands Development Agency. - 2001-2002

8 - Leicestershire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund Annual report and financial statement including information on activities sincludinge the addition of funding from the Foot and Mouth Disease Recovery Fund of the East Midlands Development Agency. - 2001-2002

9 - Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund, Rural Partnership Area Agendas and minutes (unsigned) of the Social and Community Sub-Group, June 2001-Dec 2003. - 2001-2003

10 - South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund Brief summary report on the conclusion of the fund, 3 Mar, with statement of income and expenditure for 2003-2004. - 2004

11 - Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund Statement of expenditure on grants - 2002-2003

12 - [Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund] Summary of projects receiving grants from Food and Mouth Disease recovery fund. Headed "Appendix 4", but main document not included. - 2001-2002

13 - [Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund] Summary of Rural Development Partnership projects in receipt of funding. Headed "Appendix 2", but main document not included. - 2001-2002

14 - Publicity events: Papers relating to publicity event, "A celebration of the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund" held at the Heart of the Forest Visitor Centre, Moira, on 28 Sep 1999. including report of Graham Hunt, Rural Officer, agenda and list of speakers. - 1999

15 - Invitation letter and guest list for publicity event re projects in Hartshorne awarded funding by South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund, held at Hartshorne Parish Church, 29 February 2000. - 2000

16 - Papers relating to a promotion evening for the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund, held at "Conkers", Moira, on 13 Sep 2001. including programme, photographs and annual statements of includingome and expenditure for 2000-2001. - 2001

17 - Papers relating to a funding advice event held at "Conkers", Moira, on 10 Sep 2002. including programme, photographs and annual statements of includingome and expenditure for 2000-2001. - 2002

18 - Application records; Applications to the South Derbyshire Coalfields Rural Initiatives Fund through the Derbyshire Rural Community Council, with related correspondence and papers: Burton on Trent YMCA: Application for funding of a furniture recycling scheme. - 2003

19 - Derby: Derbyshire Rural Helpline, Derby (Farm Crisis Network) Application for funding of a telephone helpline to support and advise farmers, including annual statement of project's includingome and expenditure and promotional leaflet. - 2001

20 - Gresley Old Hall Band: Application for funding to purchase musical instruments for a training band. - 1994-1995

21 - Hartshorne; Goseley Community Centre, Hartshorne: Application for funding to build a community centre in an area of high unemployment. Related papers include minutes and papers re open day, 1997-1998. - 1997-1998

22 - Eureka Primary School: Application for provision of a community nature area at Eureka Primary School, Hartshorne. - 1996

23 - Village Hall, Lullington: Report on proposals for refurbishment of Lullington Village Hall, and correspondence endorsed with brief notes on discussion of the project with DRCC. - 1998-1999

24 - Village Hall, Lullington: Application and progress report re funding for a wheelchair ramp. - 1998-1999

25 - All Saints Church, Lullington: Application for funding of an automatic winding system for the church clock. With related correspondence. - 1998-1999

26 - All Saints Church, Lullington: Application for funding of a more accessible path to the church, for wheelchair users. including plan and related correspondence. - 1999-2001

27 - Netherseal, St Peter's Church of England Primary School: Application for funding to commission a wall mosaic to celebrate the school's 125th anniversary. - 1995

28 - St Peter's Church of England Primary School: Applications for funding to develop a "quiet area" in the playground and a planted area for wildlife at the new entrance to the school. - 1998, 2001

29 - Netherseal Parish Hall: Applications for improvements, especially those that would allow the hall to obtain a theatrical licence. - 1998-1999

30 - Netherseal Baptist Church: Application for funds to buy a portable video projector and sound equipment for use in video presentations. - 2000

31 - Newlands House: Application and report on a video project entitled "Lives, Loves and the Environment", participated in by residents of Newlands House, Netherseal, run by the Leonard Cheshire disability charity. including statement of includingome and photographs of the project. - 2001

32 - Netherseal village Golden Jubilee celebrations: Application for funding, rejected because of failure to meet eligibility criteria. - 2002

33 - Rosliston: Rosliston Forestry Centre: Application for funding of a project to organise events to encourage parents to walk with their children, support healthy eating and learn more about the countryside and wild life. - 2001

34 - Swadlincote: Playdays Parent and Toddler Group, Swadlincote: Application for purchase of equipment. - 1994-1995

35 - Community Transport, Swadlincote: Application for funding of driver training. - 1996

36 - Swadlincote Shopmobility (provider of facilities for people with disabilities to do shopping): Application for funding of a loan scheme for manual wheelchairs and auxiliary equipment. Related papers including conditions of loan and Shopmobility constitution. - 1996

37 - Swadlincote Shopmobility (provider of facilities for people with disabilities to do shopping): Application for upgrade of computers, and high-capacity electric scooter. Related papers including Shopmobility newsletter and constitution. - 1999

38-39 - Southern Derbyshire Writers' Group: Applications for funding of workshops to produce photographs for use in exhibitions and publications, including. photograph of "Out of the Dark" book launch, 1998, and for the "Story Hunt" reminiscence project, in collaboration with primary and secondary schools, 1998-1999, 2001. - 1998-2001

40 - Wirksworth: British Trust Conservation Volunteers (charity, based in Wirksworth) application for development of the "Woodland Wardens" scheme, teaching 10 year-old school pupils about how to care for their environment. - 2001

41 - Woodville: First Gear Motor Vehicle Project (for young drivers), Woodville: Application for funding to help young people develop safe driving and motor maintenance skills. - 1995

42 - People Express (arts group for South Derbyshire): Application for funding to make the existing Photography Darkroom in Woodville open to the local community on a regular basis. Related papers include annual reports 1995/1996 and 1996/1997 - 1995

43 - Open Box Youth and Community Centre, Woodville: Application for funding to create a music studio, as a resource for young people to develop music skills, and learn to use sound recording and Information Technology equipment. - 1999-2001

Expand 23 - Community Chest: Applications, successful and unsuccessful, to the Community Chest fund, through the Derbyshire Rural Community Council. Each is accompanied by related correspondence and papers, e.g. group constitutions, copy financial reports etc.

23 - Community Chest: Applications, successful and unsuccessful, to the Community Chest fund, through the Derbyshire Rural Community Council. Each is accompanied by related correspondence and papers, e.g. group constitutions, copy financial reports etc.

24 - Other funding sources: Hurst Farm Residents Association, Matlock: Papers re. applications to various funding bodies including DRCC and CRIF, with evaluation report on grant from Derbyshire Community Foundation for youth work. - 1997-1999

25 - Ashbourne Rural Information in Action (ARIA): Application to Peak District Rural Development Partnership from ARIA, a group aiming to improve local access to Information Technology. Related papers including correspondence between DRCC and the RDP, application evaluation forms, list of estimated costs, publicity material and steering group minutes. - 1998-1999

26 - Funderbus: Evaluation reports on DRCC fundraising roadshows, including visits from mobile funding information service known as "Infobus" or "Funderbus", aimed at groups seeking grants to benefit their areas. With related papers including programmes, photographs of bus and summary of enquiries received in 1998 . - 1998-2000

UL - Rural Action Derbyshire: unlisted records

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